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Thanks for the welcome back, BF (and the G & S link ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ).
BT, I'm inclined to think that "the best fish & chips in the world" is probably a very personal thing, and I certainly wouldn't presume to argue with Mr. Clarkson ... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
While I was away I indulged in quite a bit of Retail Therapy, which included the purchase of a pair of shoes. They were in a shop in Kirkwall, but not in my size, so the very helpful lady in the shop logged on to their computer and said that the shop's branch in Shetland (yes, honestly!) did have them in piglet proportions. I explained that I was heading to Edinburgh that afternoon and hence to Canada at the end of the week, and she said they could have them delivered to an Edinburgh address within three days.
I gave her my sister's address and some money (well, a piece of plastic anyway) and wondered if they really would arrive before I left. On Friday morning, I was about to leave my sister's (and there wouldn't be anyone in the house to take the parcel) and I'd more-or-less given up the idea of them arriving, but just as I opened the front door there was the postman standing on the doorstep. I tried the shoes on, and they could have been made for me.
I was obviously meant to have them; that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Confide the name of that hotel! I am not going back to Britain this year, but some year I will.
This one. It’s not cheap, but still better value than most four star hotels in London, and by far my favourite place I’ve ever stayed there.
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Confide the name of that hotel! I am not going back to Britain this year, but some year I will.
This one. It’s not cheap, but still better value than most four star hotels in London, and by far my favourite place I’ve ever stayed there.
Thank you. I've bookmarked that website to explore further.
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Piglet, when there is a Leading from the Lord you should just go with it.
And! I have stayed in that exact hotel! Clearly the Spirit is upon us this day, a spirit of holiday travel in foreign parts. I am going to go and book a vacation to France.
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Piglet, when there is a Leading from the Lord you should just go with it.
Mmm ... especially (in my case) when it coincides with A Directive From The Wife.
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
quote:
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Piglet, when there is a Leading from the Lord you should just go with it.
Mmm ... especially (in my case) when it coincides with A Directive From The Wife.
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La Vie's hotel looks lovely, but I'm inclined to the view that if you have to ask the price, you probably can't afford it ...
It's been a warm, sultry sort of day here; although the temperature didn't go above 24° (that's quite warm enough for me anyway) we had several rumbles of thunder in the afternoon, and I was very grateful for the air-conditioning chez Piglet. Consequently I've done very little today apart from make a batch of French bread - at least the air-con means you can use the oven without turning the kitchen into a furnace.
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Back to standard BSW (British Summer Weather) here, to wit, Grey Skies, general Gloom, and a cold north-easterly Wind. Mind you, last night's prolonged rain has at least freshened up the gardens at Our Place.
By the grace of God, a nice Irish whisky was on special offer today at Mr. Sainsbury's little grocery emporium, so all is not lost...
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Well, they had a very wet start to the Royal Norfolk Show (says he gleefully, having recently left Suffolk which endured years of bad weather at its Show bit had two lovely days this year).
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Cornwall today has been very wet 😕 Last week's temperature was nearly double what it's been today, and we're very glad this is our second week and not our first week away.
Good old British weather ![[Frown]](frown.gif) ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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It's been persistently precipitating here too.
I've had an email from Mauritian cousin: it's winter there and apparently it's cold ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif) we may have differing definitions of cold.
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It's not so much cold here as just plain depressing....the usual grey gloom that is the customary British 'summer'.
![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Forecast is a little warmer for the weekend, but with showers, so the painting of the Episcopal Palace (deferred during the hot weather) is unlikely to continue just yet.
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The close, thundery weather continued here today, although the top temperature was only 21°. I watched a rain-storm make its way along the river valley towards Château Piglet - first a few big, fat drops of rain on the deck and then a full-on thunder-plump for about 10 minutes and then it passed off further along the valley.
Then in the evening we had a rather pretty double rainbow - the second one was very faint, but definitely there.
Sadly, the forecast for the weekend, which includes the 150th anniversary of Canada Day would appear to be somewhat damp.
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Rain, rain, rain here for three days solid - and a cold 11°
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I'm just hoping this rain will penetrate more than 6 ins. down in the soil!
I welcome the rain for the garden, but it could be warm rain, couldn't it?
I just Praise the Lord for the invention of tumble driers! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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It would have been nice if about 7 or 8 degrees of last week's heatwave could have been held back and added to this week's temperatures ... I haven't put on the central heating, but I've been Sorely Tempted.
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Originally posted by Piglet:
I watched a rain-storm make its way along the river valley towards Château Piglet
I love watching rain-storms approach. We see that very often here in the mountains. When I was a teenager we played a game we called 'racing the rain'. We would designate two spots--one for when the rain arrived there, which was our signal to start running. The second spot was the goal we wanted to reach before the rain caught up with us. If we reached it, we 'won', although we got as wet as we would have if we hadn't reached the goal.
We used to have fun playing with nature.
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Not too bad here today, though there are some Threatening Clouds passing by now and then. At least the wind has changed round to a more pleasant south-westerly.
Now, shall I get out the Episcopal Palace paint-brush, or shall I open another bottle of nice, cold, ALE?
Decisions, decisions..... ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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I have Finally Given In - it's only 15 degrees (but dry) and I've turned on the heating for a bit.
Well, I can say it was for my wife's benefit!
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It's officially 19 degrees C here, and feels quite pleasant. Surprising what a difference just a few degrees can make!
IJ (who turned on the Palace's extra-special Log Burning Effect electric heater last evening...)
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Just gone 8pm here and it is 28.8 here in the study - I don't know why I have the ceiling fan running!
This evening I was brought a couple of pieces of fruit cake and some fresh mango slices, all on one plate; the juices from the mango had seeped on to the plate and been absorbed by the fruit cake.
Delicious! although the torsional rigidity of the cake was somewhat compromised.
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
I have Finally Given In - it's only 15 degrees (but dry) and I've turned on the heating for a bit.
Well, I can say it was for my wife's benefit!
Our boiler finally lay down and died after we'd booked the plumber to fit a new one - at the end of August Luckily here in the soft south it's still hot and sticky so we don't need the gas fire - yet!
Mrs. S, thinking longingly of BF's nice cold ALE
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Meanwhile, spare a thought for poor Missus BT, freezing over there on the wrong side of the Severn. It's not ALE she needs, but hot GIN...
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Actually, we bought a bottle of gin the other day ... it has yet to be opened.
The lady don't do Ale (nor do I). We had some nice White Wine at dinner.
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O well, White Wine is good, too....
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... it is 28.8 here in the study - I don't know why I have the ceiling fan running ...
I do. I'd have the air-con going full pelt as well ...
I didn't know they made GIN in Cardiff. When I was home I was tempted to bring back some Kirkjuvagr GIN but decided it might (a) break and cause havoc in my suitcase; or (b) attract unwelcome attention from Canadian customs, so I chickened out.
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Thanks for the exciting linky, O Piglet!
Now, where can I obtain Kirkjuvagr GIN locally??
(Memo to self: MUST DRINK LESS.........)
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Kurkjugvir gin is definitely available in Kirkwall. I want to go back and sample the alcoholic offerings (so without my daughter), because sleeping in a room with a view of the Highland Park distillery and on a nice walk down to either the town with the gin or to the Scapa distillery was tempting.
I have stayed near so many of the Scottish distilleries and not been in any of them which feels like an opportunity missed.
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Don't want to distress anyone, especially BT, but the Cardiff GIN my son bought me for my birthday lasted longer than any of the others - it has a very strong liquorice taste which put me off
Not only me, but the rest of the GIN-drinkers - in the end I gave it back to Master S, who took it to work for GIN Friday. At the weekend I got the bottle back for my GIN Museum ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) and there was still some GIN left in it!
Mrs. S, wondering what the world is coming to!
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Strangely enough, she likes it - although she won't touch liquorice!
But she also likes Unicum, the Hungarian liqueur, which I think is disgusting.
I, however, like Marmite (as a spread, not a drink).
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Reminds me of a Terry Pratchett scene:
Patrician: What would the world be like if we were all the same?
Leonard of Quirm: I don't know, my lord, but I could do some quick calculations if you like?
(or words to that effect)
Mrs. S, looking forward to tonight's Opihr.. or Bathtub.. or Brecon...
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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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I am now left with the impression that Mr. and Mrs. Baptist Trainfan's kitchen cupboards contain some Quite Incompatible Comestibles, to wit, Marmite, and liquorice-flavoured Welsh GIN.
Who would have thought such a thing existed? O, what a wonderful world this is!
The Orkney GIN sounds nice, though, and I am tempted to use my much-battered PayPal account to order some. If it's OK, then Christmas present for Our Place's Madam Sacristan is settled, as she is the best GIN drinker I know....
*hic*
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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
I am now left with the impression that Mr. and Mrs. Baptist Trainfan's kitchen cupboards contain some Quite Incompatible Comestibles, to wit, Marmite, and liquorice-flavoured Welsh GIN.
Worry thou not! The Alcoholic Beverages are in the cupboard under the stairs and not in the kitchen (which is very small).
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O that's all right then! The oddly-flavoured GIN, not to mention the unspeakable Hungarian stuff, are unlikely to contaminate the Marmite...
*BF sighs with relief*
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Welease Woderwick
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In my drinking days I used to quite like British style GIN but, IMHO, the cream of GINs is a good Dutch Oude Geneve [Old GIN], preferably ice cold and in a cold glass - no additives, just neat.
I also drank a fair bit of Bessen Geneve [I think that translates as Berry GIN], again drunk cold and neat, it is sort of like a rather tasty Ribena. It is not very strong but it can creep up on you.
Delicious!
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Oude Genever is indeed Good Stuff, best drunk, as WW says, neat, and from a frosted glass.
Happy memories of trips to the Netherlands!
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... It is not very strong but it can creep up on you ...
I've been known to make damson GIN whenever I can get hold of damsons (sadly not very often). It's rather like sloe GIN but even nicer, and it's the most beautiful ruby colour, but as it's more-or-less neat GIN with a fruity flavour, it's also deceptively strong.
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We make damson gin with the damsons from my mother in law's garden. Husband and son have evolved a ritual for making it that includes pricking each damson seven times with a wooden toothpick by candlelight. Not sure if it makes any difference but the resulting gin is rather nice. Must remember to go and visit her at damson harvesting season this year.
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... pricking each damson seven times with a wooden toothpick by candlelight ...
... while sitting in a ring of toadstools? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
My damson-pricking ritual was usually accomplished with a darning-needle while watching the footie results.
I'm messing about on here before going to see the Canada Day fireworks. Of course, this is assuming that we'll be able to see anything, being as how it's p*ssing with rain ...
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Despite the rain last night, they put on a very decent firework display, even if the top half of some of the fireworks disappeared into the clouds.
Later on (at 4:30 in the morning to be exact), the Almighty put on his own display, with really quite a good thunderstorm. It didn't help me to a good night's sleep, but it was a good thunderstorm.
It's our wedding anniversary today, ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif) and D. (bless him!) played Mulet's Carillon - Sortie (to which we came down the aisle) as we processed out. There may well be some serious eating on the horizon to mark the occasion.
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Congratulations, Piglet and D.!
Happy Anniversary Serious Eating!
Are we allowed to ask the number of years being celebrated? ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
*I managed 20. 10 with the first Mrs. BF, and 10 with the second. I think the Lord then told me I wasn't very good at this Marriage Lark, so I duly left off.*
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*I managed 20. 10 with the first Mrs. BF, and 10 with the second. I think the Lord then told me I wasn't very good at this Marriage Lark, so I duly left off.*
IJ
Hmm. I've been married 57 years this year. Would have been quite happy to call it a day at 30-odd years, but felt the Lord was telling me to keep going.
Maybe it depends what flavour of Lord you find you are expected to follow??
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<limps in feeling sorry for herself>
I don’t want Marmite, or alcohol, or anything greasy or acidic… After a very nasty bout of food poisoning, I am never eating at [restaurant name redacted] ever again. Can I get a cup of (weak, green) tea and some sympathy? Possibly with a piece of dry toast if I’m feeling adventurous?
I thought food was supposed to be my friend.
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Welease Woderwick
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My mother swore by Dr J Collis Browne's Mixture™ which wasn't so pleasant to take but it certainly worked - here we tend to use ginger juice and soda, no sugar; it doesn't taste too bad and it certainly works.
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It's still available. May not be the same Mixture as of old: it contains Morphine hydrochloride and
Peppermint Oil.
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Didn't it have alcohol in too? Or am I thinking of Gripe Water.
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Upset tummy? A shot of port-and-brandy (or several) should do the trick.
Or perhaps weak tea, and dry toast.
And, of course, sympathy - sorry to hear it, la vie en rose. Been there, done that, seen the video etc. etc. If it should happen to me these days, I'd have to have an emergency dose of hydrocortisone.
Or go into a coma, and die.
So I tend to be very careful what (and where) I eat, but Bad Things Happen.
Oh, BTW - @Nicodemia.
It wasn't so much the Lord who told me I wasn't very good at the Marriage Lark. Rather, it was the first Mrs. BF, followed by the second......
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Bishops Finger
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(Sorry - la vie en rouge ).
It must be all this talk of Alcohol and Failed Marriages...(sounds like the title of a very miserable novel, possibly set in the industrial Midlands during the Great Depression).
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Welease Woderwick
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I once crossed from Dover to somewhere in Belgium, still in my drinking days, in a Fairly Rough Sea and the friends I was with, and me, started off with a port and brandy to settle our stomachs. I think we may have had one or two more as well. We were the only people to have lunch that day but I really think Anthony shouldn't have ordered the soup!
No stomach upsets at all.
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Bishops Finger
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Oostende, I suspect, WW - though it's not a particularly memorable town. I do, however, recollect a Cursed Clock (possibly belonging to the Town Hall), whose carillon played the first few lines of See, the conquering hero comes (you know, by Mr. Handel, from Judas Maccabaeus, I think).
It left out several notes, though the rest appeared to be in more-or-less the correct order.
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